We could call it poverty insurance, and in the case of first time workers, that may well be the case.
Furthermore, in addition to the term employment benefits being a misnomer, they will merely replace a number of active measures that were given rather short thrift. They still exist but with a difference. Instead of being paid out of the general tax account, benefits will now be paid out of the unemployment insurance account.
So the additional money that will be taken out of the pockets of the unemployed and businesses and workers earning less than $39,000 will be used to pay these new employment benefits but, instead of coming out of the general account, they will come out of the unemployment insurance account.
The official opposition will do everything in its power to stop this reform.